UHD English

Department of English, University of Houston-Downtown

[UHD English @UHD_English]

It's the 13th annual Halloween Film Screening, so of course the film must be the original 1980 horror classic, FRIDAY THE 13TH! So please join us on the North Deck on Oct. 24th at 7pm. This event is free and open to all! Thank you to Dr. Chuck Jackson for making this happen.

[UHD English @UHD_English]

As we begin October, it is great to see Chuck Jackson's essay on *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre* at @Post_45!
https://t.co/ASQacB7D88

[Johanna Isaacson @StepfordDotter]

Chuck Jackson’s experimental essay on oil politics, atmospheres, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre for a forthcoming Post45 Contemporaries was so good it made me cry! Mark October on your calendars and in the meantime revisit his classic essay on TCM https://t.co/l7umIdH1cH

[UHD English @UHD_English]

Thrilled to see our amazing business administrator, Ruby Brown-Hogan, recognized for 25 years of critically important service to the Department of English at UHD!

[Stalina Villarreal @profstalina]

SAVE THE DATE: My book launch will be at @lawndalehouston on Saturday, June 29, at 2 p.m. I will be collaborating with vocalists @IRR2011 and Justin Rodriguez-Jones, as well as trumpeter Anthony Almendárez, and contrabassists Sonia Flores and Juan Garcia. Join us!

[Stalina Villarreal @profstalina]

Please join us at UHD for a creative writing workshop and reading with poet, artist, and translator @JDPluecker on Tuesday, March 5.
The workshop will take place at 1PM at the Milam and Travis Rooms, while the reading will be at the Tour Room at 2:30PM.

[UHD English @UHD_English]

Feel that chill in the air? It's time for the 12th annual Halloween film screening! This year, we have John Carpenter's 1978 classic, HALLOWEEN. Join us Thursday, October 26th at 7pm on the North Deck side of UHD's One Main building. Be there and be scared!

[UHD English @UHD_English]

Latinx Literature, Aloud and Proud
Mural Area in the Academic Bldg.
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 11:30am
All Are Welcome. Thanks to @profstalina for putting this event together!

[UHD English @UHD_English]

Hey UHD community,
Are you creative? Do you write stories? Poems? Do you take photographs or paint? Then consider submitting your work to UHD's own literary magazine, The Bayou Review! Submissions are open until Sept. 27. https://t.co/icnlytLlI5

[New York Times Arts @nytimesarts]

Cormac McCarthy, the author whose raggedly ornate early novels about misfits and grotesques gave way to the lush taciturnity of “All the Pretty Horses” and the apocalyptic minimalism of “The Road,” has died at 89. https://t.co/s7fcvvRfgP

[Stalina Villarreal @profstalina]

Alongside my friend and colleague Lau Cesarco Eglin, I had a great time promoting @UHD_English’s creative writing concentration and minor at the @hpoartsfestival !!!!

[UHD English @UHD_English]

What's all this then? Why, it's the spring 2023 issue of The Bayou Review! Please join the student editorial team at the (virtual) launch party on April 27th at 2:30pm.
https://t.co/kFmntfnTa9

[UHD English @UHD_English]

Attention all fans of the fantasy classic The Lord of the Rings! Dr. Paul Fortunato will be leading UHD students in a live, theatrical reading of part of the saga on Friday, March 24th in the new Wellness and Success Center. The event is free and open to all!

[Stalina Villarreal @profstalina]

I wrote an essay in Spanish about my relationship to my mom, the United States, and translation. It’s been wonderful to work with my editors @criveragarza and @giselaheffes! Can’t wait to read the rest of this anthology!

[Aliah Lavonne Tigh @ALoveTigh]

Yesterday, thanks to @UHD_English, Ross Gay was in Houston. People asked Ross wonderful questions & invited a conversation on, among things, why the poet tries the poem, what moves us to write, systems of community care, & love as a radical compass. I left renewed & so grateful.

[UHD English @UHD_English]

Reminder that the amazing poet and essayist Ross Gay will be reading in the 40,000 Windows Cafe tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 22) at 2:30pm! The cafe is located (rather fittingly) within the UHD Library.

[Ave @SebastianAvenue]

Happy Birthday Toni Morrison

“If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down”

[Stalina Villarreal @profstalina]

This Sunday at 4 p.m., I will read alongside @gothgoof , @JDPluecker , and Laura Cesarco Eglin, at Two Headed Dog.

[UHD English @UHD_English]

Wow! Laura Cesarco Eglin's translation of *claus and the scorpion* by Lara Dopazo Ruibal has been longlisted for the 2023 PEN Literary Award for Poetry in Translation. Congrats to Dr. Cesarco Eglin on this amazing achievement!

[PEN America @PENamerica]

Join us in congratulating all of the 2023 PEN Literary Awards Longlisters! Find the full list of longlisted books at: https://t.co/f47C2TicDF #PENLitAwards #2023PENLitAwards

[CHSS at UHD @ChssUhd]

Bayou Review
Call for Submissions
Deadline: Feb. 23, 2023
Submit Work at: https://t.co/Cqo7n8lIBh
Now accepting: Creative Non-Fiction, Fiction, Poetry & Visual Art
We welcome work in: English, Spanish, Spanglish, & translation into English